Development and Validation of the Sociocultural Attitude Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1995
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-108X(199501)17:1<81::AID-EAT2260170111>3.0.CO;2-Y
Abstract
The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ) was developed to assess women's recognition and acceptance of societally sanctioned standards of appearance. In Study 1, factor analyses revealed two clearcut factors: awareness/acknowledgment of a societal emphasis on appearance and an internalization/acceptance of these standards. These findings were cross‐validated in Study 2, resulting in a six‐item Awareness subscale (alpha = .71) and an eight‐item Internalization subscale (alpha = .88). Study 3 obtained good convergence between both scales and multiple indices of body image and eating disturbance. Regression analyses indicated that both factors accounted for unique variance associated with body image and eating dysfunction, however, internalization of standards was a stronger predictor of disturbance. The SATAQ should prove useful for researchers and clinicians interested in body image and eating disorders.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Eating Disorders, v. 17, issue 1, p. 81-89
Scholar Commons Citation
Heinberg, Leslie J.; Thompson, Joel K.; and Stormer, Susan, "Development and Validation of the Sociocultural Attitude Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ)" (1995). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2136.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2136
